Happy Valentines Day

From me & mine, those preciously present & those who've soared to the stars...

May your Valentines day be full of warmth, love, comfort & pure blissful happiness XO

Art Card GIVEAWAY

Happy Valentines Day Everyone.

 

Let's celebrate with a sweet little Giveaway from me to you.

 

The winner will receive these 3 art cards of mine.

(Beautiful handmade darlings printed on 140 pound watercolour paper)

They will be lovingly wrapped up, filled with good bunny mojo &

sent to you from my cozy Northern studio when we draw a name on March 3rd.

 

 

How to enter???

Just sign up for my monthly studio news

(sign up is right here)

or email me at MandySaile@BijousWhimsy.com with 'Giveaway Yes Please' in the subject line

and I'll add you to my newsletter list & enter your name for the draw.

 

p.s. If you already receive my studio news by email you must still enter your name if your interested.

Just let me know that your already on the list.  Thanks.

Happy Valentines

Hi lovely souls.

I hope you all had a sweet Valentines Day??? Ours was nice.

My honey knocked at the door & stood there with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

...apparently the bunnies pitched in some of their allowances so it was from them too, ha ha.

Strawberry champagne was cracked open.

And, I made my sweet pasta monster a pasta dinner

with rabbit shaped pasta of course, ha ha...

Hot chocolates were sipped by a roaring fire

and red velvet cheesecake & long-stemmed strawberries were gobbled up.

It was a sweet day even though we're not really into Valentines.

We're those annoying 'make everyday a Valentines Day' type of people, ha ha.

(Feel free to link to your Valentines Day posts in the comment section.)

There are some clues within this post hinting towards the 'big news' I've been talking about.

I hope you can join me on Monday for the reveal?

Hope On Wings

A new mixed media called 'Hope On Wings' by yours truly, inspired by

Love, Inspiration, Strength & above all else HOPE...

"Hope is the thing with feathers

that perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all."

(one of my favourite poems by Emily Dickinson)

This piece is dedicated to two beloved souls:
My niece, Karly, a strong, unique & inspiring little girl who makes me so proud to be her Auntie.
and
Our precious girl, Ella Luna, a strong little rabbit who loves us like no other.

Happy Valentines Day Lovelies

XO M & The Bunnies

A Lucky Valentines

I am so so so lucky, grateful & blissed out to be sharing this life with my babe, a completely amazing human being who makes almost everyday seem like Valentines Day...

...Wishing you all a most romantic & wonderful day as well....

XO Mandy & Jonathan & 2 rabbit couples

p.s. Don't Forget there is a Sale on Love Themed Prints in my Etsy Shop right now.

February Newsletter, A SALE & Bookmarks

Hi Everyone, just hopping in quickly to let you all know that my February newsletter is about to be mailed out.

If you've not signed up to receive my newsletter by email you can view it right here.

But if you are interested in receiving them, you can sign up here, it's super easy & fast.

In the spirit of Valentines Day I have a sale in my Etsy shop.  4 of my love themed prints are on sale with free shipping in Canada & discounted U.S. & International shipping.  This sale goes until February 28th, so do make sure to check it out...

Also, I love to include extra little treats in my orders, lately it's been miniature hand-burnished lino-cut prints & stickers...this month orders will arrive with these cute little bookmarks made by yours truly...



That's about it for today...Hope your having a fantastic week.

XO M & 4 very happy bunnies

Happy Valentines Day....

Happy Valentines Day

to my amazing Jonathan, whom I've been graced with for 16 Valentines now...

(Mandy & Jonathan 8 years ago)

Today I dedicate This Song to you...

And This One too...

LOVE YOU

XOXOXOXOX

Your Bella Bijou...

A Beautiful Weekend Past

What felt like a somewhat difficult week 'creative-journey' wise ended up being brilliant and leaving me sighing with utter happiness and my heart wrapped in coziness...I love days like that. The sun was shining and it felt like I haven't seen the sun in weeks so I admit to being catlike and lounging about in the spills of sunshine quite abit, ha ha. The jazz station was playing a delicious and brilliant assortment. The rabbits seemed extra content and sleepy (finally our Ella Luna has calmed down and reverted back to her sweet behaved, yet always spirited self!) and I found time not only to sleep in, but to also make myself a delicious lunch, to sit under a warm blanket and dive into a book for abit...to rabbit snuggle...AND time to sit in the glorious sun with napping bunnies around me to happily start a new painting...ahhh...life felt grand...THAN...

My handsome honey walked through the door calling out "Mandy, where are you?..." he was in search of me because his arms were full of flowers and his face full of that gorgues smile of his that I love ohhh so much...ahhhh too much, a bouquet of these sweet smelling white ones for my upstairs studio AND a bouquet of roses for the living room and my downstairs studio...now how spoiled am I!...but wait...

...ha ha, did I mention that he surprised by buying me my favourite all-time game for the PS2 and had it shipped to little moi, so I got a surprise in the mailbox in the middle of the afternoon....

...wait, it's not done...THAN, I had a delicious dinner made for me, yum yum yum...oh and a fantastic hazelnut coffee...life is indeed very very good and I'll admit that without hesitation, guilt, or fear of being jinxed or punished! Plus, family day...an extra day to have my honey at home...bliss....happiness...bliss...sighhhhhhhh.....ha ha.

Hope your weekend was lovely too. Until tomorrow be well. XOXO

Love Deeply

Of course I didn't illustrate any valentines day pictures! I need to get better at that, ha ha. I meant too, but I've been to occupied in my world of 'Nubbins' and other sparks of creativity. But I did take abit of time to play around with one of my photographs...not too shabby for someone who barely used a computer, ha ha. Anyhow, just popping in quickly today to wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day weekend...

...May you Love Deeply, as much as you can, for as long as you can, and with as many as you can...Happy Valentines...See you all Monday. Love Love Love, Mandy a.k.a. Bijou of Bijou's Whimsy.

(p.s. To my amazing man...your love is beyond belief and beyond words, Happy V-Day my super-genius, thank you thank you thank you...love you love you love you...to infinite. XXOO)